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A196, R222, H4889

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Bannister
Document Path: l:\council\bills\jn\3502ph22.docx

Introduced in the House on February 1, 2022
Introduced in the Senate on March 30, 2022
Last Amended on May 10, 2022
Passed by the General Assembly on May 12, 2022
Governor's Action: May 16, 2022, Signed

Summary: Alarm System

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    2/1/2022  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 10)
    2/1/2022  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 10)
    3/9/2022  House   Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (House Journal-page 4)
   3/29/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 46)
   3/29/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-98  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 46)
   3/30/2022  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 17)
   3/30/2022  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 5)
   3/30/2022  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 5)
   4/28/2022  Senate  Polled out of committee Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
   4/28/2022  Senate  Committee report: Favorable Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
   4/29/2022          Scrivener's error corrected
    5/4/2022  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 46)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Amended (Senate Journal-page 52)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 52)
   5/10/2022  Senate  Roll call Ayes-44  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 52)
   5/11/2022  Senate  Read third time and returned to House with amendments 
                        (Senate Journal-page 9)
   5/12/2022  House   Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled 
                        (House Journal-page 80)
   5/12/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-101  Nays-0 (House Journal-page 80)
   5/12/2022          Ratified R  222 (Senate Journal-page 227)
   5/16/2022          Signed By Governor
   5/31/2022          Effective date  05/16/22
   5/31/2022          Act No.  196

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/1/2022
3/9/2022
4/28/2022
4/29/2022
5/4/2022
5/10/2022

(A196, R222, H4889)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 40-79-215 SO AS TO PROHIBIT AN ALARM BUSINESS OR CONTRACTOR FROM BEING FINED FOR A FALSE ALARM NOT ATTRIBUTED TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION, DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT, OR OPERATIONAL ERROR BY THE ALARM BUSINESS OR CONTRACTOR.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Exception to civil penalties for false alarms

SECTION    1.    Chapter 79, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 40-79-215.    An alarm business or contractor as defined in this chapter, or an alarm business call center, must not be fined or assessed a penalty by a local government for false alarms which are not attributed to improper installation, defective equipment, or operational error by the alarm business contractor."

Time effective

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Ratified the 12th day of May, 2022.

Approved the 16th day of May, 2022.

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